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Colombians vote in presidential runoff

BOGOTA: Colombians began voting in a presidential runoff on Sunday, choosing between a hard-right, White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator to decide the fate of a stumbling peace process and strained ties with...

TOPSHOT - Colombians living in Spain vote in the second round of the Colombia's presidential election in the Casa de Campo's pavillion in Madrid on June 21, 2026. Colombians pick a new president on June 21, a choice between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country's stumbling peace process and strained ties with Washington. Frontrunner De la Espriella, a dual US-Colombian national, won May's first-round vote by promising to wage war on drug-running guerrilla groups who refused to sign a 2016 peace deal.

Prosecutor asks Brazil Supreme Court to find Bolsonaro guilty of coup

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro attends a rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 29, 2025. A prosecutor asked Brazil's Supreme Court on July 15, 2025, to find Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup, in closing arguments after a trial that saw US President Donald Trump try to intervene on behalf of his right-wing ally. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP)

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary return from space station

Axiom-4 astronauts are pictured on the countdown video clock, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. — Reuters file photo

Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal

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Trump to send weapons to Ukraine

US President Donald Trump with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Washington, DC, on Monday. — AFP

Some US airports to let travelers keep their shoes on

Shoes at a TSA checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Aug. 19, 2021. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

New rules could end the beautiful chaos of Rio’s beaches

Several sellers of maté, or iced tea, at Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 2025. (Dado Galdieri/The New York Times)

Chaotic protest in California as agents conduct raid

A protester flees as Customs and Border Protection officers fire chemical agents, California. — AFP

US, China have 'positive' meeting at Asean foreign minister talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures as he boards his flight, Kuala Lumpur. — AFP

Rubio, Lavrov meet amidst Ukraine tensions

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses with Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippines' Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro at a trilateral meeting during the 58th Asean Foreign ministers meeting and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur. — Reuters

About 15 trapped in Los Angeles after industrial tunnel collapse, fire department says

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Death toll from Texas flood hits triple-digits as tally of missing tops 180

Relatives and friends of Alicia Olvera, a woman still missing after her husband was found dead, conduct a search to locate her near the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas following severe flash flooding over the July 4 holiday weekend. — AFP

Flash floods in New Mexico resort town kills three, traps dozens in homes

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Hopes fade for missing Texas flood victims as death tops 100

A woman wipes away tears during a vigil for the victims of the floods at Travis Park. — AFP

Rescuers on horseback, with dogs search for Texas flood victims

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Desperate search for the missing as more than 80 people dead in Texas floods

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